Sixty jobs have been created for nursery staff at two North East hospitals.

Bowey Construction has recently completed two purpose-built nurseries on behalf of Kids 1st Day Nurseries.

The two new buildings are on hospital sites at North Tyneside's, Rake Lane and Ashington's Wansbeck General. The nurseries, which cost £950,000 to build, will each provide space to care for up to 112 children.

Bowey managing director Ian Walker said: "The construction programme went according to plan and the schemes were brought in on schedule."